Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)
Author
Albrecht, Anders Christian
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-10-21
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journal article
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Macrosiphum dryopteridis
(Holman, 1959)
Fig. 35
Diagnosis
Aptera
2.5–4.2 mm
, yellowish green (rarely bright green). Eyes black. Abd. dorsum sclerotised (but neither darkened nor distinctly glossy), segmental borders obliterated. Siphunculi slightly swollen distally. Ant. segment 3 with 0–10 rhinaria. RIV+V less than
0.14 mm
. Holocyclic, monoecious. Shady places, parks, gardens, mixed and deciduous forests. Not ant-attended.
Recorded hosts
Athyriaceae
:
Athyrium distentifolium
,
A. filix-femina
*
;
Cystopteridaceae
:
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
,
G. robertianum
;
Dennstaedtiaceae
:
Pteridium aquilinum
;
Dryopteridaceae
:
Dryopterix
carthusiana
*
,
D. cristata
*
,
D. dilatata
,
D. filix-mas
;
Polypodiaceae
:
Polypodium vulgare
;
Thelypteridaceae
:
Phegopteris connectilis
,
Thelypteris palustris
.
Distribution
F N S.